Building Footprints Across Haiti from OpenStreetMap

Haiti building footprints exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes every feature tagged as a building, from residential homes through hospitals, schools, and places of worship. It is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Population estimation based on building density and type.
• Damage assessment after natural disasters based on building locations and types.
• Urban planning and infrastructure development based on building distribution.
• Humanitarian logistics planning based on locations of key facilities like hospitals and schools.

Strengths

• Includes multiple building types such as residential homes, hospitals, schools, and places of worship.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and JSON.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, while remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:09:35.499595; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Haiti